Revolving fish lure



1933- A. H. BURCKHARDT 1,920,676

REVOLVING FISH LURE Original Filed Aug. 21, 1931 Invenfor 8 A u 51L9 Euro/r 810 50 end thereof.

Patented Aug. 1, 1933 REVOLVING FISH LURE August 11. Burckhardt, Russell, Minn.

ApplicationiAugust zl, 1931, Serial No. 558,619 Renewed June 10, 1933 v 2 Claims. 1C1. 43-4'1) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in artificial bait, and has as its object to provide a bait having a body portion'shaped to simulate a minnow, and adapted to revolve as the bait is drawn through the water whereby a life-like motion of thebait is obtained.

A still further object of the invention is to provide in an artificial bait, a body simulating a minnow, and having a spiral fin or blade .10 projecting at one end beyond the corresponding will become apparent from a study of the following description, taken in connection with they accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a sectional elevational view of the lure. I Figure 2 is a top plan view-thereof;

Figure 3 is a sectional elevational view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional elevational viewof the headed end of the lure, and showing a' slightly modified form of the invention. 1 With reference more in detail to the'drawing, it will be seen that the bait comprises a body 5 formed of 'wood or other suitable material, and being substantially cylindrical in'cross section.

The body 5 at the he .ded end 6 thereof is tapered,

and is provided with ex es 7-7, whereby to provide means for attracting the fish to the bait. The particular shape of the body is such as simulates a minnow.

nected therewith is an elongated fin or blade 8 that, at one edge, is provided with angularly disposed attaching flanges or lugs 9 and 10 secured by rivets or other suitable means 11 at diametrically opposite sides of thebody: as shown in Figure 3, with the flange or lug 9 at the forward end of the blade being secured to the body adja-( cent the head 6 thereof, and the flange or lug 10 being secured tolthe body adjacent the rear The rear end add the finer blade projects beyond the corresponding end of the body 5 and may be bent laterally towards the right or left relative to the longitudinal axis of the body so t sides a rotary motion imparted to the V I r the scopeof'the appended claims; Spiralled about the body and detachably conbody includingabody part and a head part, the

body by reason of blade 8when the body, I

drawn through the water, sidewis'e -.or;v lateral v motion in a direction dependent upon the direction of v bend of the end 8a is also obtained. Thus the movement of the body through the 260 water will, in. every respect simulate the move-* ment of a liveminnow. v

The body has extending longitudinally therethrough a bore within which is disposed a lin-; ing tube 12. Arod or stem 13; extends through the sleeve and is'provided, at its rear end, with an eye 14 with which is engaged'a conventional fish hook 15, and at its front or forward end with an eye 16 for engagement with one end of a fish line (not shown). i In Figure 4 I have shown aslightly modified form of the invention and, as therein shown, the body 5' is divided transversely adjacent one end so that theheaded end 6. thereof is separate and apart from the main body. Thus the main body, by reason of the fin 8, will rotate about its longitudinal axis while thehead 6 will remain fixed. In this form of the invention, the sleeve or tube 12' extends only through the body 5 while the. axial opening inthe head- 6' is of such diameteras to permit of frictional engagement of the head 6"withtherod ,1 2"so that the head 6 will be retained relatively 'fixedJin respectto the rod and to the revolving body 5 The tin or blade 8 may be colored if desired as might also the body- 5 and headed end thereofto enhance the life likeapp'earance andadd to the luring qualitiesof the bait. I Even though Ihave herein shown and described the preferred embodiments of the 'invene tion, itis to be understood that the same is susceptible to changesfully comprehended' by the 1 spirit of the invention as herein described and What is claimed is} I l. A fish lure comprising a stem, a body: It

tatablyarranged on the stem a spiral fin hav-' *7 ing ears on its inner edge, one ear being spaced e from the rear end'of the fin, said ears being" attached to the frontfland rear of .the body and 2100 at substantiallyopposite sides thereofwith the f rear end of thefin projecting beyond thebody to be formed of bendable material whereby said end can be bent in either direction,means for attaching a line to the frontend of the stem, and 1 means for attaching a hook to the rear end of the's'tem. i g Y "i 1 2. A fish lure comprising a stem, a sectional head part being frictionally: held on the front;

end ofthe stem and the body art having a tube passing longitudinally therethrough and through which the stem passes, whereby said. body part will rotate onthei stem, a spiral fin having a pair of ears on itsinner edge, one arranged at the front end of the fin and the other a distance from the rear end thereof, said edge being attached to'the body part substantially on oppo means for attaching a hook to the rear end 1 thereof, the rear end of the fin extending beyond the rear end of the body part and being formed of bendablematerial.

AUGUST H. BURCKHARDT; 

